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it is also to be found considerably nearer to the coast than 

 the localities I saw it in. 

 Eyes brown. 



17. CaLLISTE FESTIVA. 



I only saw this beautiful Calliste once, when I fell in with 

 a small party of it in a patch of virgin forest near Quipapa, 

 and succeeded in shooting a fine male. 



Eyes brown. 



18. Calliste flava. 



This beautiful, though peculiarly coloured, bird is, perhaps 

 with the exception of Tanagra cana, the commonest Tanager 

 in the provinces I visited. I met Avith it everywhere from 

 Recife to Garanhuns ; and though never seen in numbers, it 

 appeared to be fairly abundant. It frequents chiefly gardens 

 or plantations of fruit-trees, but I have also seen it in thick 

 forest country. It was abundant in the garden at Estancia, 

 frequenting the orange-trees, sapotis {Achras sapota), and 

 other fruit-bearing plants ; and I have also met with it feeding 

 on the flowering shrubs of the virgin forest. It goes about 

 either singly or in small companies, and most of the speci- 

 mens seen are either immature or females. The adult males 

 are usually met with singly, though I have seen three perched 

 close together in the same tree. I failed in my endeavours 

 to bring living specimens to England, though I got one as 

 far as St. Vincent. 



Eyes brown ; feet lead-grey. 



19. Tanagra sayaca. 



This Tanager is abundant all over the country. It is found, 

 like the last species, in small flocks of four or five, and is 

 common near the vicinity of houses and gardens wherever 

 there are fruit-trees. At Estancia it abounded, visiting the 

 orange- and lemon-trees, also the sapotis, mamans [Carica 

 papaya), and other fruits in season. It did not apparently 

 mix with T. palmar um, and left the cocoa-palms to the latter 

 species, preferring the lower and bushy trees. The Brazilian 

 name is " Saya9u,^^ a name, however, which they also apply to 

 T. palmarum. 

 L ^ Eyes brown. 



